> マンダラ・メソッド関連資料2022.12.30 ~ 2023.1.15【旅程】[12/30]成田 ->（香港経由）-> カトマンズ（ドリプバン）佐藤達馬氏（現地コーディネーター）との合流[12/31]カトマンズ ->（バス）-> ポカラ日本山妙法寺ポカラ道場にて年越し[1/1]新年マンダラ・ワークショップ（日本山妙法寺ポカラ道場）参加者: ネパール人、日本人、フランス人、インド人、チベット人（チベット難民の子どもたち）テーマ: 「2023年 私のビジョン」[1/2]マンダラ・メソッドの紹介と企画会議①（地元ポカラのネパール人）テーマ: 「ポカラを中心とした地域活性化と人材育成に向けた施策」ポカラ ->（バス）->カトマンズ[1/3]日本山妙法寺カトマンズ道場訪問立体曼荼羅である仏舎利塔の建設現場見学カトマンズ -> （空路）-> ビラートナガル[1/4]Nepal Aanan氏（現地コーディネーター）と合流Madan Bhandari Memorial Academy（Morang） にて特別講演・受講生によるマンダラ・ワークとディスカッションテーマ：「Application Of Mandala in Education and Information Technology」ワーク：「३० वषर्षमा के गदर्दैहुनुहुन्छ ? What will you be doing in 30 years? in Year 2053」ビラートナガル -> （車） -> カトマンズ[1/5~1/6]カトマンズ市内の書店を中心に関連書籍の収集（別途購入リスト参照）主な専門書店: Mandara Book Points, Vajra Books & Publications, Educational Book House, Tibet Book Store, 他Kishor Tiwari 氏（SHUBHANGI Educational Consultancy）と面談Prakash Mani Niraula 氏（Passion International Education）と面談[1/7]Nepal Sanskrit University (Balmiki Campus, Kathmandu) にて現地研究者との情報交換議題: マンダラ・メソッドを活用した地域防災の取り組み（北海道の事例紹介と現地ネパールの関連課題）[1/8]Madan Bhandari Memorial College (New Baneshwor, Kathmandu) にてにて特別講演テーマ：「Web3.0と日本でのマンダラ・メソッドの事例紹介」Wood Carving Home（Patan）にて、マンダラ関連の美術品制作現場視察[1/9~1/11]カトマンズ市内にて関連資料、書籍の収集と整理[1/12]Ratna Man Dangol 氏（Lalit Mandap Art & Architect）との面談主な議題: 2025年大阪万博ネパールブースでのマンダラ・メソッドの活用と国際的アピールについて[1/13]Inoue Sou氏（An Institute of Dhrupad）との面談とマンダラ・メソッドの紹介Inoue Sou氏によるグルクル教育システム（古代インドから続く生活体験型の教育システム）をベースとした視覚障害者への音楽教育の現場視察（Dhrupad Gurukul Kathmandu）[1/14]佐藤達馬氏（現地コーディネーター）の案内によるカトマンズ市街の都市設計にみられるマンダラ（Nepal Mandala）のフィールド調査Lok Chitrakar 氏（Simrik Atelier: a School for Newar Art）との面談議題1: 日本とネパールのマンダラ（曼荼羅）の比較考察を通した思想的・手法的なルーツについて議題2: Lok Chitrakar 氏によるグルクル教育システム（同上）をベースとした絵画教育についてカトマンズ（ドリプバン） -> （香港経由）[1/15] （香港経由）-> 帰国（羽田）
Nepal Aanan氏の講演 Madan Bhandari Memorial Academy（Morang） にて特別講演・受講生によるマンダラ・ワークとディスカッションテーマ：「Application Of Mandala in Education and Information Technology」ワーク：「३० वषर्षमा के गदर्दैहुनुहुन्छ ? What will you be doing in 30 years? in Year 2053」
> 成果発表資料（PDF）（発表1） （発表2） Madan Bhandari Memorial Academy（Morang） にて特別講演・受講生によるマンダラ・ワークとディスカッションテーマ：「Application Of Mandala in Education and Information Technology」ワーク：「३० वषर्षमा के गदर्दैहुनुहुन्छ ? What will you be doing in 30 years? in Year 2053」
by Lisa Tenzin Dolma> Google BooksThe Buddhist Mandalas coloring book combines Buddhist-style meditation with the power of mandalas. This means you can channel the power of contemplation with your creativity. The Buddhist Mandalas coloring book combines Buddhist-style meditation with the power of mandalas. While mandalas are traditionally considered to be highly complex maps of the cosmos, the beautiful examples included in this book are designed to be suitable for today's Western practitioner, incorporating the most accessible and relevant Buddhist symbols and imagery. With 32 brilliant Mandalas rendered as line illustrations, the act of colouring and contemplating these harmonious images is a powerful way to engage in visually based meditation. A directory of Buddhist symbols, with colour images, completes the book.
The Twelve Links of Dependent Arisingby Geshe Sonam Rinchen> Google BooksWe all want to find happiness and be free from suffering. Happiness comes from positive mental states and actions, and suffering from the opposite. The twelve-part process of dependent arising shows how actions underlain by ignorance propel us from one rebirth into another, keeping us trapped in suffering, and how through understanding reality correctly we can break this cycle. The four noble truths, the twelve links of dependent arising, and the two truths regarding conventional and ultimate reality, all interrelated, form the very core of the Buddha's teaching. The many different practices of sutra and tantra become meaningful and purposeful only when they are based on a good understanding of these fundamental and seminal principles. This oral teaching by Geshe Sonam Rinchen is based on the Rice Seedling Sutra and the twenty-sixth chapter of Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Middle Way.
by Laura J. Watts> Google BooksA mandala is a picture, usually circular, that tells the story of a journey that can be followed by the inner mind. This unique book describes how mandalas have been used over the centuries by different cultures, as a means of focus in meditation. As well as explaining the art of these beautiful images, the book goes on to give instructions on how to create your own mandala in various different styles. The final part of the book offers help on how to use a mandala for creative, healing and personal meditations. Covering Celtic symbols and Navajo sand paintings as well as traditional Buddhist and Hindu mandalas, the book also features more modern mandalas created as an aid to psychological understanding. Illustrated throughout with inspiring images as well as practical photographs this book covers every aspect of making and using these spiritual circles.
by Gudrun Buhnemann> Google BooksIn recent years man d alas have attracted much interest among a wider public. The main focus of such interest has been directed toward Tibetan man d alas, specimens of which have been included in numerous publications. But man d alas are found across a wide spectrum of South Asian religious traditions, including those of the Hindus and Jains. Hindu man d alas and yantras have hardly been researched. This book attempts to fill this gap by clarifying important aspects of man d alas and yantras in specific Hindu traditions through investigations by renowned specialists in the field. Its chapters explore man d alas and yantras in the Sm rta, P ñcar tra, aiva and kta traditions. An essay on the v stupuru aman d ala and its relationship to architecture is also included. With 13 colour plates.
by Giuseppe Tucci> Google BooksMandalas are complex arrangements of patterns or pictures used in Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism to represent the cosmos and to give expression to the infinite possibilities of the human subconscious. Believers rely upon this powerful figure as a focus of ritual and a support for meditations, using it to gain possession of the energies signified by its images or symbols.This intriguing, thought-provoking study by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject examines the basic doctrine behind the theory and practice of the mandala in India and Tibet, by both Hindus and Buddhists. Individual chapters consider the doctrinal basis of the mandala, its various parts, liturgy, and relationship to the human body. Of special interest to students of Eastern philosophy and art, this study will also fascinate New Agers and anyone interested in the symbols and psychology of Asian cultures.> 日本語訳版「マンダラの理論と実践」
by Kimiaki Tanaka> AmazonIn the late twelfth century, when Indian Buddhism was on the brink of annihilation as a result of repeated Muslim invasions, Mitrayogin, an Indian Tantric adept who has taken refuge in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, received an invitation from the Tibetan translator Khro phu lo tsa ba (1173-1225) to visit Tibet, and in 1198-99 he resided in Khro phu monastery in gTang, Tibet, where he transmitted the entire repertoire of mandalas with which he was familiar. the 108 mandalas transmitted by Mitrayogin on this occasion are known in Tibet as "Mitra's One Hundred" (Mitra brgya rtsa). Indian Buddhism disappeared soon after his visit to Tibet, and so these mandalas became a precious heritage which represents the final stage in the 700-year development of the mandala in India.
Commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjaliby Swami Satyananda Saraswati> AmazonFour Chapters on Freedom contains the full Sanskrit text of Rishi patanjali's Yoga sutras as well as transliteration,translation and an extensive commentary.The Yoga Sutras,containing 196 epithets or threads of Yoga,is the most respected treatise on Yoga.In his commentary on each verse,Swami Satyananda Saraswati fully explains the text and the path of raja yoga.Serious yogic aspirants and spiritual seekers will find invaluable guidance within these pages.
by Simrik Atelier> Library CatalogExtract from the introduciton:"Founded in 1998 by professional artist, Lok Chitrakar, Simrik Atelier is a traditional art training school in Patan, Nepal. It solely focuses on the ancient art form known as Paubha. Its primary objective is to cultivate and develop young artists within Nepal to become the master traditional artists of the future. Chitrakar began organizing formal classes at Simrik in order to offer opportunities to individuals interested in Paubha and to gain technical training, but more importantly for the advancement of wisdom and the cultivation of compassion.Paubha is an intensive and complex art form; requiring multiple years of study as the students need to master multiple subjects, such as: art history, technique, iconography, Buddhist and Hindu phi-losophy, myth, deciphering ancient text and artistic vision. The sacred art form of Paubha is a visual interpretation of the Buddhist and Hindu philosophies.In ancient tradition, Paubha paintings were commissioned by Hindu or Buddhist patrons to commemorate a special religious event, or given as an offering to gain merit. The paintings served, and continue to serve, as a symbolic representation of text related to Buddha/Hindu dharma. The paintings also aid practitioners in visualization meditation."
by Bidyut Lata Ray> Google BooksContributed research papers.This Monograph Is An Anthology Of Twenty Articles On Vedic Expositions, Interpretations And Speculations. The Veda Is Not Only A Religious Text, But Also A Literature Of The Most Ancient Period, A Primordial Source Of Human Knowledge, Knowledge Par Excellence . This Sacred Text Portrays The Microscopic Observations Of The Vedic Seers On Macroscopic Subjects. Ostensibly, Different Scholars Have Been Analysing The Vedic Material From Diverse Angles. The Aim And Objective Of This Project Is To Focuss All Such Diverse Studies In The Veda By Congregating Them In One Volume. Learned Reviews Of Our Vedic Scholars In The Contemporary Context Have Been Included In This Treatise. The Contents Here Project The Vedic Knowledge Of Mythology, Religion, Philosophy, Literature, Grammar, Cosmology, Cosmogony, Space And Time, Astronomy, Sociology, Fine Arts, Poetry, Games And Sports, Accent, Mathematics, Warfare, Education And The Science Of Healing By Herbs And Plants. Discussions On Vedic Meters, Vedic Hostile Groups And Individuals, Vedic System Of Education And The Ayurveda Are The Alarming Constituents Of This Monograph. The Analysis Of Every Topic Is Lucid, Informative And Subject Based. Scholars Have Undertaken A Tedious Task Of Exercising Their Capabilities In The Way Of Extracting The Very Primitive Speculations And Conceptions Made In The Veda. The Vedic Deities Are Also The Significant Limbs Of The Vedic Literature. Indeed, Different Branches Of Vedic Studies Evolve With The Revolution Around These Age-Old Divinities Which Are Really Manifested In Our Natural Phenomena. This Book Includes An Articles On The Vedic Deity Aditi, The Imperishable One. Though Varieties Of Discourses On Wide Range Of Subjects Of The Vedic Literature Have Been Carried Out Here, Still Many More Are Left To Be Taken Up In Future. However, The Present Work Embraces Most Of The Thrust Areas In Which The General Readers Find Their Interest. Contents Chapter 1: Prolegomenon By Dr Bidyut Lata Ray, Chapter 2: Some Aspects Of Vedic Studies By Dr G U Thite, Chapter 3: Emergence Of The Aranyakas By Dr Didhiti Biswas, Chapter 4: Siksa Sastra And Accental Semantics By Veda Varidhi P Pamanujan, Chapter 5: Aditi: The Imperishable And A Goddess Of Mortality By Dr Shrimanta Chattopadhyay, Chapter 6: Vedic Mythology By Dr D S Das, Chapter 7: Vedic Philosophy By Dr Bidyut Lata Ray, Chapter 8: Vedic Religion By Dr Brajakishore Swain, Chapter 9: Vedic Astronomy By Dr Padmakar Vishnu Vartak, Chapter 10: Games And Sports In The Veda By Dr P K Datta, Chapter 11: Space And Time In The Veda By Dr S Biswal, Chapter 12: Fine Arts In Veda By Dr Vaijayanti Shete, Chapter 13: The Poetic Beauty In Rigveda By Dr K C Mahalik, Chapter 14: Vedic Meters By Dr R K Panda, Chapter 15: Vedic Hostile Groups And Individuals By Dr U Chakravarty, Chapter 16: The Atharvan Roots Of Ayurveda By Prof K V Sarma, Chapter 17: Vedic System Of Education By Dr V Ramachandran Nair, Chapter 18: Warfare Of The Vedic Period By Prof N Gangadharan, Chapter 19: Vedic Mathematics By Dr S Biswal, Chapter 20: Medicinal Herbs In The Atharvaveda With Special Reference To Ayurveda By Dr Gauri Mahulikar
by Gaytri Devi Vasudev> Google BooksThis book is an inspired collection of writings that expose the fraud of `Scientific temper in its attacks on Astrology. Astrology has always had its critics criticism in indeed healthy for the growth and proper understanding of any science. But unfair and unjust criticism made up of distortions, lies and bias must be forcefully met and nipped in the bud. Otherwise it can be a dangerous enemy of all honest intellectual inquiry and examination.
by Dominik Wujastyk> Google BooksThe chapters in this volume were originally presented in the panels on Scientific Literature at the 12th World Sanskrit Conference in Helsinki, Finland. They represent some of the most up-to-date scholarship on the history of early science in India being done today. The first part of the book focusses on the history of mathematical commentaries and the role of illustration in sanskrit mathematical manuscripts. The second part of the book investigates fundamental ayurvedic theories, ayurvedic rites for childbirth, the cultural history of medicine in the Early Modern period, the anthropology of spirit of one of the oldest surviving ayurvedic texts.This book will be of interest to historians of science, students of classical Indian history and culture, and anyone wanting to know where the cutting edge of the history of early Indian science is today.
by Jan E. M. Houben> Google BooksThe present volume is the outcome of a seminar on the Ideology and Status of Sanskrit held in Leiden under the auspices of the International Institute for Asian Studies. The book contains studies of crucial periods and important areas in the history of the Sanskrit language, from the earliest, Vedic and pre-Vedic periods, through the period in which the (restricted) use of Sanskrit spread over practically all of South (including part of Central) and Southeast Asia (sometimes referred to as the period of 'Greater India'), up to the recent history of Sanskrit in India.The contributions of this volume are divided into three sections: 1 Origins and Creation of the 'Eternal Language'; 2 Transculturation, Vernacularization, Sanskritization; 3 The Sanskrit Tradition: Continuity from the past or Construction from the present?
by S.R. Sarma & Gyula Wojtilla> Google BooksThe chapters in this volume were originally presented in the panels on Scientific Literature at the 12th World Sanskrit Conference in Helsinki, Finland. They represent some of the most up-to-date scholarship on the history of early science in India being done today. The first part of the book focusses on the history of mathematical commentaries and the role of illustration in sanskrit mathematical manuscripts. The second part of the book investigates fundamental ayurvedic theories, ayurvedic rites for childbirth, the cultural history of medicine in the Early Modern period, the anthropology of spirit of one of the oldest surviving ayurvedic texts.This book will be of interest to historians of science, students of classical Indian history and culture, and anyone wanting to know where the cutting edge of the history of early Indian science is today.
by Brendan S. Gillon> Google BooksThe last two decades of Indological research have led to a marked increase in the investigation logic in India, especially in the earliest period of classical India. A panel of senior and junior scholars from America, Asia, and Europe, all specialists working in this area, was concerned at the 12th World Sanskrit Conference, held in Helsinki in the summer of 2003. This volume contains not only their papers, which address both philosophical and philological matters pertaining to logic as propounded in texts from this period, but also an introduction designed to permit non-specialists, whether non-Indologists or non-philosophers, to learn about Indian logic in its infancy.
by Devdutt Pattanaik> Google BooksIt is significant that the only character in Hindu mythology, a king at that, to be given the title of ekam-patni-vrata, devoted to a single wife, is associated with the most unjust act of abandoning her in the forest to protect family reputation. This seems a deliberate souring of an uplifting narrative. Ram's refusal to remarry to produce a royal heir adds to the complexity. The intention seems to be to provoke throught on notions of fidelity, property and self-image.And so the mythologist and illustrator Devdutt Pattaanik retells the Ramayana, drawing attention to the many oral, visual and written retellings composed in different times, in different places, by different poets, each one trying to solve the puzzle in its own unique way.This book approaches Ram by speculating on Sita: her childhood with her father, Janaka, who hosted sages mentioned in the Upanishads; her stay in the forest with her husband, who had to be a celibate ascetic while she was in the prime of her youth; her interactions with the women of Lanka, recipes she exchanged, emotions they shared; her connection with the earth, her mother, and with the trees, her sisters; her role as the Goddess, the untamed Kali as well as the demure Gauri, in transforming the stoic prince of Ayodhya into God.
by M. Krishnamachariar (Author)> Google BooksThe present work is an analytical account of classical Sanskrit literature in its historical perspective. It is divided into six books, containing several chapters, each dealing with a particular branch of Sanskrit learning. The work is full of references; the footnotes refer to a variety of sources, legendary, inscriptional, numismatic, architectural and literary. The writer has exploited all the relevant material of the journals, catalogues, annals, reports and other documents in discussing the vexed problems of the date, place, genealogy of the authors and the literary tendencies of their compositions. His methodology of literary criticism is rationalistic and bears the stamp of the modern scientific age. The elaborate index, the critical introduction, the exhaustive bibliography, the list of abbreviations, the table of transliteration and a supplement are the most useful additions to this interesting and instructive work of literary history.
by Srisa Chandra Vasu> Google BooksPanini's Ashtadhyayi represents the first attempt in the history of the world to describe and analyse the components of a language on scientific lines. It has not only been universally acclaimed as the first and foremost specimen of Descriptive Grammar but has also been the chief source of inspiration for the linguist engaged in describing languages of different regions. To understand Sanskrit language, and especially that part of it which embodies the highest aspirations of ancient Aryan people, viz., the Brahmanas, Samhitas, Upanisads, it is absolutely necessary to have a complete knowledge of the grammar elaborated by Panini. Being a masterpiece of reasoning and artistic arrangement its study is bound to cultivate intellectual powers. Western scholars have described it as a wonderful specimen or a notable manifestation of Indian intelligence. This book is an English translation of Ashtadhyayi in two volumes and has won a unique position in the world of scholarship.
by Srisa Chandra Vasu> Google BooksSiddhanta Kaumudi is a critical and scholarly commentary on the sutras of Panini by Bhattoji Dikshit a stalwart grammarian of the Panini system who flourished in the first half of the seventeenth century. The Sutras are arranged topic-wise and fully explained with examples and counter-examples. The work is exhaustive, yet not voluminous, difficult yet popular and critical yet lucid. The work is next in important to the Mahabhasya in the system of Panini and its study prepares the way for understanding the Mahabhasya.Sanskrit Notes: Why Siddhanta Kaumudi?https://bit.ly/3XMAz6vhttps://bit.ly/3GXzG40
by Thakur S Powdyel> Amazon“My Green School” is the strategy that Bhutan’s Ministry of Education adopted in 2009 when it introduced the nation-wide educational reform initiative called Educating for Gross National Happiness. The reform programme was intended to enrich the educational experience of the learners by addressing the multiple dimensions of their life beyond the intellectual element. The eight cardinal elements of a green school, that constitute the Sherig Mandala, recognise the claim of the natural environment, society, culture, intellect, academics, aesthetics, spirituality, and ethics for a holistic educational experience to support the full flourishing of the learners and of all those involved in the process. Green is a colour but, more importantly, it is a metaphor for anything and everything that supports and sustains life in all its infinite variety. The abiding aim of a Green School Model of education is to achieve a well-integrated, harmonious individual and society, and ultimately help build a better world. The book has been translated into 10 different languages of the world, including Spanish, Catalan, Vietnamese, Japanese, Kannada, Thai, Italian, French, Lithuanian, and German with others underway. It is taught in schools, colleges and universities in some countries. Welcome to My Green School!日本語翻訳版「マイグリーンスクール 幸せを目指すブータンの学校」> https://kamashun.shop-pro.jp/?pid=142731630本書は、ブータン王国の元教育大臣で、現ロイヤル・ティンプー・カレッジ学長のタクル・S・ポーデル氏による、“My Green School An Outline"(2014)を 日本語訳したものです。2009年からGNH(国民総幸福)を推進するための教育的改革が始まりましたが、この改革のためのツールとして、この本はデザインされ、 ブータン国内の多くの学校で使用されてきました。また、これまでに、スペイン 語、カタルーニャ語、ベトナム語で訳されています。（訳者あとがきより）タクル・S・ポーデル1958年生まれ。ノース・イースタン・ヒル大学 修士課程修了。ロンドン大学PGCE修了。ブータン王国シェルブツェ大学講師、同副学長、教育研究開発センター所長、ブータン王国教育大臣（2008年～2013年）を歴任。現在はロイヤルティンプ大学長。
by B.K.S Iyengar> https://amzn.to/3XiixskAn apt rendition of sage patanjalis astanga yoga for the contemporary reader beautifully exemplified with analogies and sketches.Astanga Yoga is an ancient wisdom, the greatest and noblest gift that Sage Patanjali has offered mankind. Its wisdom is timeless and is as valid today as it was centuries ago. Its beauty lies in the application of its principles that can be adopted and adapted in discovering the finer aspects of man according to one's physical and intellectual capacity. The world-renowned Guru BKS Iyengar provides a lucid explanation on the exposition and application of the principles of Sage Patanjali in Light on Astanga Yoga.
- His Unknown Life Before and After the Crucifixion -by Hoiger Kersten> Google BooksHis Unknown Life Before And After The Crucifixion.Why Has Christianity Chosen To Ignore Its Connections With The Religions Of The East, And To Dismiss Repeatedly The Numerous Claims That Jesus Spent A Large Part Of His Life In India?This Compelling Book Presents Irrefutable Evidence That Jesus Did Indeed Live In India, Dying There In Old Age. The Result Of Many Years Of Investigative Research, Jesus Lived In India Takes The Reader To All The Historical Sites Connected With Jesus In Israel, The Middle East, Afghanistan And India. As Well As Revealing Age-Old Links Between The Israelites And The East, The Evidence Found By Theologian Holger Kersten Points To The Following Startling Conclusions:In His Youth Jesus Followed The Ancient Silk Road To India. While There He Studied Buddhism, Adopting Its Tenets And Becoming A Spiritual Master.Jesus Survived The Crucifixion.After The Resurrection Jesus Returned To India To Die In Old Age.Jesus Was Buried In Srinagar, The Capital Of Jammu And Kashmir, Where He Continues To Be Revered As A Saintly Man.The Tomb Of Jesus Still Exists In Kashmir.
by Keith Dowman> Google BooksNepal Mandal is an in-depth guide and survey of the principle Buddhist and Hindu monasteries, temples and pīṭhs of the Kathmandu Valley. In seven parts under the rubric of Buddha, Padmasambhava, Gorakhnāth, Śiva, Nārāyaṇ, Mātṛkās and Peaks and Rivers, over one hundred and twenty powerplace are described, many fully described under the heads Myth, Legend, In The Past, and On The Ground. Myth and Legend lay the background; In The Past provides the history; and On The Ground guides the pilgrim-visitor around the site indicating its main features. Many readers will find the sections on Myth and Legend to be the highlight of the book. Retold with a jogi’s insight these sections constitute a radical spiritual dimension to the powerplaces. The last and largest section includes description of the sacred Buddhist and Hindu art and architecture — sometimes in great detail — for the visitor focused on the religious art forms — the objects of veneration. In that way this large book is a guide to the principle cities of the Valley—Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur — at the same time visiting the treasures in the villages between these cities. A practical iconography of the pantheon of the Kathmandu Valley is thereby built-in, with sections of the text dedicated to it. Over a hundred high quality black and white photographs document the stone and metal sculpture of Nepal Mandal. Since most of the work on this book was done in years before the 2015 earthquake it constitutes an historical record of the art ‘gone missing’ and the architectural damage done. The author, a prominent exponent of Tantric Buddhism in both theory and practice, spent four decades of unending pilgrimage through the monasteries and temples of the Kathmandu Valley propitiating their numinous inhabitants and documenting their invaluable contents. An extensive Supplement provides rare pilgrim itineraries for the Kathmandu Valley, a full Glossary defines technical terms, and a detailed Table of Contents and an inclusive Index provide easy access.
